Greenberg Traurig Receives Most Overall First-Tier Rankings in U.S. News-Best Lawyers 2014 Best Law Firms Edition for Third Consecutive Year
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 06, 2013 -- For the third consecutive year, the international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP received the most overall first-tier rankings and the most first-tier metropolitan rankings in the U.S. News-Best Lawyers 2014 edition of Best Law Firms. Additionally, the firm is one of the top 20 firms with the most first-tier national rankings in the United States and was also named “Law Firm of the Year” in Government Relations and Litigation-Real Estate.
According to the publisher, all rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.
Greenberg Traurig received the “Law Firm of the Year” designation for its Government Law and Policy and Real Estate Litigation practice groups as a result of an impressive overall performance in the evaluation process, which is conducted by the U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers research team. According to the Best Law Firms website, only one firm in each of 87 practice areas receives the designation, marking them as a best within their peer group. To view the firm’s full rankings, please click here.
Greenberg Traurig received the most first-tier rankings in the U.S. in the following practice areas:
•Government Relations Practice
•Litigation – Real Estate
•Real Estate
Greenberg Traurig received a national first-tier ranking in the following practice areas:
•Banking and Finance Law
•Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
•Commercial Litigation
•Copyright Law
•Corporate Law
•Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
•Employment Law - Management
•Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television
•Entertainment Law - Music
•Environmental Law
•Health Care Law
•Immigration Law
•Information Technology Law
•International Trade and Finance Law
•Labor Law - Management
•Land Use & Zoning Law
•Litigation - Antitrust
•Litigation - Banking & Finance
•Litigation - Bankruptcy
•Litigation – Construction
•Litigation - Environmental
•Litigation - ERISA
•Litigation - Intellectual Property
•Litigation - Labor & Employment
•Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
•Litigation - Real Estate
•Litigation - Securities
•Litigation - Tax
•Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
•Mergers & Acquisitions Law
•Native American Law
•Oil & Gas Law
•Patent Law
•Public Finance Law
•Real Estate Law
•Securities / Capital Markets Law
•Tax Law
•Technology Law
•Trademark Law
•Trusts & Estates Law
Greenberg Traurig received first-tier metropolitan rankings for the following practice areas:
•Appellate Practice
•Arbitration
•Banking and Finance Law
•Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
•Commercial Litigation
•Construction Law
•Copyright Law
•Corporate Governance Law
•Corporate Law
•Criminal Defense: White-Collar
•Criminal Defense: White-Collar Litigation
•Derivatives and Futures Law
•Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
•Employment Law - Management
•Energy Law
•Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television
•Entertainment Law - Music
•Environmental Law
•Equipment Finance Law
•Financial Services Regulation Law
•Government Relations Practice
•Health Care Law
•Immigration Law
•Information Technology Law
•Insurance Law
•International Arbitration - Commercial
•International Trade and Finance Law
•Labor Law - Management
•Land Use & Zoning Law
•Legal Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
•Litigation - Antitrust
•Litigation - Banking & Finance
•Litigation - Bankruptcy
•Litigation - Construction
•Litigation - Environmental
•Litigation - ERISA
•Litigation - Intellectual Property
•Litigation - Labor & Employment
•Litigation - Land Use & Zoning Law
•Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions
•Litigation - Municipal
•Litigation - Patent
•Litigation - Real Estate
•Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
•Litigation - Securities
•Litigation - Tax
•Litigation - Trusts & Estates
•Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
•Mergers & Acquisitions Law
•Native American Law
•Oil & Gas Law
•Patent Law
•Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
•Public Finance Law
•Real Estate Law
•Securities / Capital Markets Law
•Securities Regulation
•Tax Law
•Technology Law
•Trademark Law
•Trusts & Estates Law
•Venture Capital Law
•Water Law
In addition to the first-tier national rankings, the firm also ranked in the following practice areas:
•Appellate Practice
•Construction Law
•Derivatives and Futures Law
•Equipment Finance Law
•Financial Services Regulation Law
•Insurance Law
•International Arbitration-Commercial
•Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
•Litigation-Patent
•Media Law
•Natural Resources Law
•Railroad Law
•Securities Regulation
•Securitization and Structured Finance Law
•Venture Capital Law
In August, Greenberg Traurig was top-listed for the seventh consecutive year for having more attorneys listed in Best Lawyers in America than any other law firm in the guide. Based exclusively on number of listed attorneys, the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America includes 348 Greenberg Traurig attorneys from across the firm’s U.S. offices. Of these, 20 were named “Lawyers of the Year.”
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international, multi-practice law firm with approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from 36 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Greenberg Traurig is among the Top 10 law firms on The National Law Journal's 2013 NLJ 350, an annual ranking of the largest firms in the U.S. For additional information, please visit http://www.gtlaw.com.
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Lourdes Brezo-Martinez, Greenberg Traurig LLP, 212 801 2131, [email protected]
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